A perfect dessert for fall potlucks, delicious pumpkin bars are made even better with cream cheese frosting.
Pumpkin-Spice Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 2 hr 50 min
- Servings 49
- Ingredients 18
Ingredients
Bars
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 can (15 oz) pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
- 2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup raisins, if desired
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 2 to 3 teaspoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, if desired

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 15x10x1-inch pan with cooking spray.
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Step2In large bowl, beat eggs, granulated sugar, oil and pumpkin with wire whisk until smooth. Stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and cloves. Stir in raisins. Spread in pan.
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Step3Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and bars spring back when touched lightly in center. Cool completely, about 2 hours.
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Step4In medium bowl, beat cream cheese, butter, milk and vanilla with electric mixer on low speed until smooth. Gradually beat in powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, on low speed until smooth and spreadable. Spreading frosting over bars. Sprinkle with walnuts. For bars, cut into 7 rows by 7 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.
Nutrition
160
Calories
8g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
23g
Total Carbohydrate
18g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Bar
- Calories
- 160
- Calories from Fat
- 70
- Total Fat
- 8g
- 12%
- Saturated Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 11%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 25mg
- 8%
- Sodium
- 95mg
- 4%
- Potassium
- 30mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 23g
- 8%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 18g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 20%
- 20%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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